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#ItsBiggerThanYou

Atlanta, Georgia
http://itsbiggerthanyouatl.tumblr.com/

#ItsBiggerThanYou is an organization, that provides a platform to support positive social change. Our aim is to uplift, inform and empower communities using the agency of youth advocacy, and radical activism. We aim to teach from the ground up, to eradicate systematic oppression and disenfranchisement of people of color. Through education, awareness and empowerment within our communities. We choose to focus our beauty, power, and potential through sustainable methods of activism and revolution.
Activists IV Justice

Brooklyn, NY

ASJ is a student lead collective democratic organization at Long Island University Brooklyn that address a variety of social justice issues. Promoters of Social Justice. Anti-racism. Anti-sexism. Bringing revolution to our community.
Answer Coalition

www.answercoalition.org

A national organization founded in 2001 dedicated to the fight against racism and imperialism, internationally and here at home. A national organization founded in 2001 dedicated to the fight against racism and imperialism, internationally and here at home.
Anti Police-Terror

Oakland, CA
antipoliceterrorproject.org

The Anti Police-Terror Project began as a project of the ONYX Organizing Committee. We are a Black-led, multi-racial, intergenerational coalition that seeks to build a replicable and sustainable model to eradicate police terror in communities of color. Founding coalition members include the Black Power Network, Community Ready Corps, Workers World and the Idriss Stelley Foundation. APTP is not a non-profit organization.
APRI

Washington, DC
http://www.apri.org/

A constituency group/union of the AFL-CIO, the A. Philip Randolph Institute mission is to support racial equality and economic justice and to advocate for economically disadvantaged communities through community engagement and civic participation.
ArchCity Defenders

Saint Louis, MO
archcitydefenders.org

ArchCity Defenders (ACD) is a non-profit civil rights law firm providing holistic legal advocacy and combating the criminalization of poverty and state violence against poor people and people of color. ACD uses direct services, impact litigation, and policy and media advocacy as its primary tools to promote justice, protect civil and human rights, and bring about systemic change on behalf of the poor and communities of color directly impacted by the abuses of the legal system.
Black Leadership Action Coalition

New York, NY
theblackinstitute.org

We are the political arm of The Black Institute, dedicated to raising the voices of black people and people of color communities in NYC and throughout the diaspora.
Black Youth Project 100 BYP100

byp100.org

BYP100 is National, member-based organization of Black 18-35 year old activists and organizers, dedicated to creating justice and freedom for all Black people. We do this through building a network focused on transformative leadership development, direct action organizing, advocacy, and political education using a Black queer feminist lens.
Brennan Center for Justice

New York, New York
https://www.brennancenter.org/

The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law is a non-partisan public policy and law institute that focuses on the fundamental issues of democracy and justice. Our work ranges from voting rights to campaign finance reform, from racial justice in criminal law to Constitutional protection in the fight against terrorism. A singular institution — part think tank, part public interest law firm, part advocacy group — the Brennan Center combines scholarship, legislative and legal advocacy, and communications to win meaningful, measurable change in the public sector.
California Reinvestment Coalition (CRC)

San Francisco, CA
http://www.calreinvest.org

CRC builds an inclusive and fair economy that meets the needs of communities of color and low-income communities by ensuring that banks and other corporations invest and conduct business in our communities in a just and equitable manner.
Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights

Chicago, IL
https://www.clccrul.org/

We are civil rights lawyers and advocates working to secure racial equity and economic opportunity for all. We provide legal representation through partnerships with the private bar, and we collaborate with grassroots organizations and other advocacy groups to implement community-based solutions that advance civil rights.
Citizen Action NYC

New York, NY

Fighting for racial, social, economic and environmental justice. The NYC chapter of Citizen Action NY.
Coalition for Economic Survival (CES)

Los Angeles, CA
http://www.cesinaction.org

The Coalition for Economic Survival is a multi-racial, multi-culture grass-roots community-based organization that has been dedicated to organizing low and moderate income people to win economic and social justice throughout the greater Los Angeles area since 1973.
Color of Change

https://www.colorofchange.org

Color Of Change is building a new, effective strategy for changing the rules society lives by, and ending the injustices Black people face.
Communities United for Police Reform (CPR)

New York, NY
changethenypd.org

Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) is an unprecedented campaign that is working to end discriminatory policing in New York. We are advancing policies that protect the safety and rights of all New Yorkers to create true community safety. We are in the courts fighting to hold police accountable for violating New Yorkers' constitutional rights. We are training communities to know their rights and to observe and document police abuse. We engage in strategic direct action, organizing and civic engagement to build the power of communities most impacted by abusive policing. And we are in Albany and at City Hall demanding law and policy changes that advance police accountability to improve safety for communities.
Community Coalition

Los Angeles, CA
http://cocosouthla.org

Community Coalition works to help transform the social and economic conditions in South LA that foster addiction, crime, violence and poverty by building a community institution that involves thousands in creating, influencing and changing public policy.
Decarceration Project

New York, NY
unlockjustice.org

The Decarceration Project is a litigation and policy initiative of The Legal Aid Society that is dedicated to ending the mass incarceration of low-income New Yorkers, and eradicating the criminal justice system’s disproportionate impact on communities of color. The Project helps New Yorkers navigate the inequities of the money bail system and provides assistance to sentenced people who have had their sentences calculated incorrectly. It also is home to the Women’s Pretrial Release Initiative, a collaboration between Legal Aid, Fedcap and the Open Society Foundation focused on getting cis- and trans-women off of Rikers Island. The Project is the first of its kind in the country, and a national voice for changing how public defenders fight pretrial detention and end mass incarceration. In 2018, the Project was recognized as an Exemplary Project in Indigent Defense by the American Bar Association.
Dream Defenders

Miami, FL
http://www.dreamdefenders.org

The Dream Defenders develop the next generation of radical leaders to realize and exercise our independent collective power; building alternative systems and organizing to disrupt the structures that oppress our communities.We are products of a dream deferred. We are witnesses to a dream damaged and destroyed. We are Florida and Alabama. We are diverse: students, alumni, black, brown, and white, young and old. We are dedicated to defending the dream etched in our memories by Dr. Martin Luther King: that we are all created equal and possess equal rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We are a generation of world changers, writers, readers, rebels, marchers, dreamers, leaders, thinkers, organizers and activists. We are a growing coalition of youth and students committed to replacing jails with schools, ending the illegal war on the undocumented, and dismantling the systems that criminalize our people.Our future depends on it. Our time is now, as it was for the youth that fought for equal rights just a few short decades ago. How many of our black & brown youth have to die? The torch is ours. The time is now.
Ella Baker Center

http://ellabakercenter.org/

We are named after Ella Baker, a brilliant, black hero of the civil rights movement. Following in her footsteps, we build the power of black, brown, and poor people to break the cycles of incarceration and poverty and make our communities safe, healthy, and strong.
Faith Action for Community Equity

https://www.faithactionhawaii.org/

Faith Action for Community Equity (Faith Action) is a grassroots, interfaith 501(c)3 non-profit organization driven by a deep spiritual commitment to improving the quality of life for our members and all the people of Hawaii. Through our common values and collective power, we address the root causes of social justice challenges facing our community. We are the only organization of its kind in Hawaii.

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